PhoneGap 11

By Sebastian Witalec One of most powerful aspects of Cordova (aka PhoneGap) is its extensibility. However, as some have argued, the Cordova plugin ecosystem can be messy. Recently Telerik published a plugin marketplace portal with the goal of improving the current state of the plugin ecosystem. To show how this can improve the experience of […]

By Andrew Trice Device motion and accelerometer programming interfaces have been around for years now, but up until iOS 7 we saw minimal use of them on most mobile devices. Sure there was a “level” app, or some gimmicky games, but not much to be seen for widespread use. iOS 6 started to introduce user […]

By Rob Lauer One of the first and most enduring features of mobile devices was, and continues to be, mapping. The ability to locate yourself on a map with the tap of a finger, anywhere in the world, has arguably influenced adoption of smartphones and tablets as much as any other feature. As map consumers, […]

By Brian Rinaldi This is the 7th and final part in the series. You can find part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here and part 6 here. The files for the sample app are available here. In this final step, we will add a finishing touch to our application and use another PhoneGap API […]

By Brian Rinaldi This is part 6 in an ongoing series. You can find part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here and part 5 here. The files for the sample app are available here. Even though our app is now looking and feeling more like an app, the truth is that everything up to this […]

By Brian Rinaldi This is part 5 in an ongoing series. You can find part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here and part 4 here. The files for the sample app are available here. We’ve made our app look and feel more like an app, but our list items, when clicked, simply open up the project web […]

by Jesse MacFadyen There’s a new device in town. It is getting some attention as the design maverick, and it’s owners are a passionate bunch. Microsoft has stepped up their commitment to the Windows Phone platform with Windows Phone 8. Having received numerous accolades for defining their own path, instead of following the crowd, Windows […]

by Brian Rinaldi This is part 4 in an ongoing series. You can find part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here. The files for the sample app are available here. At this point, our application works but looks like a simple web page and not like an app. In this next step, we […]

by Brian Rinaldi This is part 3 in an ongoing series. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here. The sample files are available here. At this point, we’ve simply taken some pre-existing code and uploaded it to PhoneGap Build to create various device-specific builds for us. The application, simply responds to PhoneGap’s […]

by Brian Rinaldi This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click here to read Part 1. The sample files are available here. The goal of this step is simply to get acquainted with the PhoneGap Build service. In this step, we will get the PhoneGap starter app running on your test device. You can […]